Atomic Weapons Establishment

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the budget for the Atomic Weapons Establishment was in each of the last 20 years.

Des Browne: The following table represents annual expenditure at the Atomic Weapons Establishment during the period of contractorisation (that is, from 1 April 1993 onwards). Costs prior to 1993 were not collected on the same basis and the detail of these, which would be necessary in order to analyse the financial data and establish verifiable comparisons, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			 Atomic Weapons Establishment annual expenditure (as at 31 March 2006, 2005-06 prices) 
			  £ million 
			 1993-94 299 
			 1994-95 383 
			 1995-96 387 
			 1996-97 340 
			 1997-98 367 
			 1998-99 336 
			 1999-2000 331 
			 2000-01 311 
			 2001-02 291 
			 2002-03 278 
			 2003-04 300 
			 2004-05 363 
			 2005-06 (Provisional) 493

Defence Sector Employment

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many defence sector jobs there were in Dunfermline and West Fife in each year since 1997.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 25 May 2006
	The information is not held in the format requested. Information on Civilian staff is only held for Scotland as a whole and is given in Table 1. Data on military staff are broken down by local authority area, hence data are held for Fife but not specifically for Dunfermline and West Fife. The data available are provided in Table 2. Data for those employed in Defence-related industries are provided by the employers themselves.
	
		
			 Table 1: Civilian staff in Scotland by year 
			  Number of staff 
			 1997 10,130 
			 1998 9,980 
			 1999 9,690 
			 2000 9,650 
			 2001 9,650 
			 2002 8,830 
			 2003 7,300 
			 2004 7,310 
			 2005 6,970 
			 2006 6,930 
			 Notes:  Includes manually paid staff between 1999 and 2001. Data on manually paid staff before 1999 are not available, so estimates have been used. Civilian data are compiled from the various civilian personnel record systems in the MoD, principally those held by the Pay and Personnel Agency (PPA) and the Trading Funds. Differences in the way the personnel in different areas are managed and graded means that not all the data are fully consistent. 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 2: Military staff posted in Fife by year 
			  Number of staff 
			 1997 1,460 
			 1998 1,610 
			 1999 1,800 
			 2000 1,730 
			 2001 1,470 
			 2002 1,380 
			 2004 2,470 
			 2005 2,030 
			 2006 2,140 
			 Notes: Figures are for UK Regular Forces, both Trained and Untrained, located in the UK. They therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. Naval Service personnel on sea service are included against the local authority containing the home port of their ship. Naval Service personnel serving in flights at sea are included against the local authority containing the base airfield of their flight. The detailed figures have been compiled from unit statistics related to unit postcodes. For some units postcode information is either unavailable or inappropriate. Location statistics are not available for FTRS, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and Mobilised Reservists. These figures are taken from TSP 10: UK Regular Forces Distribution across the UK which shows the distribution of Service Personnel by Government Office Region/country, county and local authority area. The publication was suspended in October 2002 when a number of concerns were identified in both the source data and the programs used to produce the publication. It was reinstated in July 2004. Due to a different methodology figures before 2002 should not be compared to those after 2004.

Conception Rate

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many conceptions of (a) under 18s and (b) under 16s there were in each (i) primary care trust area and (ii) local authority area in the North East in each year since 2001; what the conception rate was in each case; and what percentage of conceptions in under 18s ended in abortion in each case.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 June 2006
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many conceptions in (a) under 18s (b) under 16s there were in each (i) primary care trust area and (ii) local authority area in the North East in each year since 2001; what the conception rate was in each case; and what percentage of conceptions in under 18s ended in abortion in each case. (75208)
	Teenage conception figures by Primary Care Trust (PCT) are not available because there is a risk of disclosure of information about individuals due to differences in boundaries between PCTs and local authorities.
	Available figures are estimates of the number of pregnancies that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or termination.
	Conception numbers, rates and percentage leading to abortion for girls aged under 18 by local authorities in the North East from 2001 to 2004 (the most recent year for which figures are available) are given in the attached table. Figures for 2004 are provisional.
	Conception statistics for girls aged under 16 for each year since 2001 are available only for unitary authorities, metropolitan counties and counties. Figures are not available for county districts as there is a risk of disclosure of information about individuals due to small number of cases each year.
	
		
			 Conceptions to girls aged under 16: number and rate by area of usual residence, 2001-04(1) 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004(1) 
			  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate 
			  460 9 460 9 498 10 481 10 
			          
			 Darlington UA 12 6 14 7 16 8 19 10 
			 Hartlepool UA 29 15 16 8 23 12 21 11 
			 Middlesbrough UA 25 8 36 11 47 15 36 12 
			 Redcar and Cleveland UA 32 11 28 9 28 10 54 18 
			 Stockton-on-Tees UA 26 7 42 11 51 13 39 10 
			          
			 Gateshead MCD 32 9 19 5 33 9 26 7 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne MCD 52 11 57 12 46 10 41 9 
			 North Tyneside MCD 33 9 34 9 39 11 32 9 
			 South Tyneside MCD 43 13 28 9 34 11 29 10 
			 Sunderland MCD 66 11 56 10 62 11 51 9 
			          
			 Durham County 77 8 89 10 84 9 93 10 
			 Northumberland 33 6 41 7 35 6 40 7 
			 (1 )Conceptions for 2004 are provisional. Note: Rates are per 1000 female population aged 13-15.

Departmental Annual Reports

David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in each of the last three years; and what percentage this represented of the total number of staff in each case.

John Healey: The information is as follows:
	
		
			 Staff not achieving an acceptable performance mark 
			  Number Percentage 
			 2005-06 0 0 
			 2004-05 0 0 
			 2003-04 (1)— (1)— 
			 (1 )As there have been less than five cases in 2003-04 this information is suppressed on grounds of confidentiality. 
		
	
	HM Treasury no longer has an unsatisfactory mark category for annual performance. Any member of staff whose performance is at an unsatisfactory level is dealt with under competency or probationary procedures at the time rather than waiting until the end of the appraisal year.

Manufacturing Job Losses

John Redwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs have been lost in manufacturing in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland since the second quarter of 1997.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 June 2006
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job losses in manufacturing in the UK and Scotland since the second quarter of 1997 (74808)
	While statistics of jobs lost or created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes in the number of jobs from year to year.
	Comparative statistics for UK and Scotland for manufacturing are only available in terms of employee jobs, i.e. excluding the self-employed, and on a non seasonally adjusted basis. These are shown in the following table, using figures for June each year so that the comparison is not affected by seasonal influences.
	
		
			 Employee jobs and change in jobs in manufacturing in UK and Scotland between June 1997 and June 2005 
			  Thousands, not seasonally adjusted 
			 June United Kingdom Scotland 
			 1997 4,176 342 
			 2005 3,131 234 
			 Change since 1997 -1,045 -108 
		
	
	As these results are mainly based on sample surveys, they are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

Blind/Partially Sighted Schoolchildren

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school children in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) the Tees Valley are blind or partially sighted.

Parmjit Dhanda: The available information is given in the following table.
	
		
			 Maintained primary, secondary and all special schools(1, 2): number and percentage of pupils whose primary need is visual impairment(3, 4 )as at January 2006(5) 
			  Pupils whose primary need is visual impairment 
			  Primary Secondary Special Total 
			  Number Percentage (6) Number Percentage (6) Number Percentage (6) Number Percentage (6) 
			 England 3,750 1.3 3,070 1.4 940 1.1 7,760 1.3 
			 North East 160 3.4 140 3.8 10 0.9 320 3.1 
			 Tees Valley(7) 40 0.3 30 0.2 0 0.0 70 0.2 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (3) Excludes dually registered pupils. (4) Pupils at School Action Plus and those with a statement of SEN provided information on their type of need. Figures for those pupils whose primary need was reported as being visual impairment are given here. (5) Provisional. (6) Number of pupils with visual impairment expressed as a percentage of all pupils at School Action Plus or with statements of SEN. (7) Includes Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington Local Authorities. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown. Source:  Schools' Census 
		
	
	Since 2004, the Department for Education and Skills has collected data on pupils by type of SEN as part of the annual school census. The above table shows pupils with SEN supported at School Action Plus or with a statement of SEN where visual impairment is recorded as their primary need.
	There are a range of factors which may affect the data recorded, including:
	Local interpretation of definitions
	Classification of children with multiple needs
	Differences in diagnoses between education and health professionals
	Availability of special school provisions in authorities [deleted or clarified]

CAFCASS

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  what reasons were given by the relevant trade unions for rejecting the pay offer made to staff at the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service during 2005-06; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many vacancies there were in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by region;
	(3)  what plans he has to negotiate a new strategic pay deal with the trade unions in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

Parmjit Dhanda: These are matters for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS). Anthony Douglas, the chief executive, has written to my hon. Friend with this information and a copy of his reply has been placed in the Library.
	Letter from Anthony Douglas, dated June 2006
	Parliamentary Questions Concerning CAFCASS
	I am writing to you in response to the three parliamentary questions that you tabled recently.
	PQ74682—what reasons were given by the relevant trade unions for rejecting the pay offer made to staff at the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service during 2005-06; and if he will make a statement
	The pay award for 2005/06 was rejected because the initial offer was regarded as too low. Following a short and constructive negotiation, a revised offer was accepted.
	PQ74683—how many vacancies there were in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by region
	At the end of March 2006, CAFCASS staff vacancies were equivalent to 65.3 full time posts, broken down as follows:
	Family Court Advisors—37.9;
	Service Managers—7.5; and
	Others—19.9
	A regional breakdown is attached. The vacancies represent 3.5% of the workforce. CAFCASS vacancies levels are kept under regular review.
	PQ74683—what plans he has to negotiate a new strategic pay deal with the trade unions in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
	CAFCASS has agreed a set of principles with the CAFCASS trade unions, to underpin a strategic pay review, and discussions on the review have started. Completion is expected before the end of 2006, with at least partial implementation anticipated from April 2007, depending on the progress made and budgetary considerations at the time.
	
		
			 CAFCASS regional vacancy analysis at 31 March 2006 
			  Vacancy analysis Establishment (Full-time equivalent) Vacancy (Percentage) 
			 East Midlands 5.5 148.32 3.7 
			 Eastern 3.7 130.12 2.8 
			 London 9 210.52 4.3 
			 North East 3.5 122.67 2.9 
			 North West 8 309.58 2.6 
			 South East/High Court 9 110.36 8.2 
			 South West 5.1 165.16 3.1 
			 Southern 5 95.71 5.2 
			 West Midlands 6.5 198.14 3.3 
			 Yorkshire and Humberside 4 260.55 1.5 
			 National Office 6 93.7 6.4 
			 Total 65.3 1844.83 3.5

Departmental Staff

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff in his Department have had (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in each of the last three years.

Parmjit Dhanda: The information for calendar years 2004 and 2005 is given in the following table:
	
		
			 Periods of sick leave of less than five days Number of staff 
			 2005  
			 2 564 
			 3 328 
			 4 173 
			 5 plus 199 
			 Total 1,264 
			   
			 2004  
			 2 614 
			 3 351 
			 4 197 
			 5 plus 227 
			 Total 1,389 
		
	
	Information for previous years is not held.
	The Department is committed to effective attendance management. In support of the recommendations of "Managing Sickness Absence in the Public Sector" it has introduced a number of initiatives to reduce absence levels to seven days per person by 2010. These initiatives have been shared with Cabinet Office to whom my Department provides regular updates on progress. One such initiative is the publication of a comprehensive Attendance Management and Health Guide which brings together the guidance on these issues.

Departmental Staff

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of staff in his Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions.

Parmjit Dhanda: Members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) can pay additional contributions to top up their pension either through the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme (CSAVCS), a money purchase arrangement, or by buying added years of service in the PCSPS. As an alternative to membership of the PCSPS recruits from 1 October 2002 have been able to join a stakeholder arrangement, the partnership pension account.
	The number and percentage of staff in the Department who are making additional voluntary contributions to their pension as at April 2006 are shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Number Percentage 
			 CSAVCS 99 2.61 
			 Added years 231 6.08 
			 Partnership 19 0.50

Departmental Staff

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of his staff in each of the last three years; and at what total cost.

Parmjit Dhanda: The following table shows the percentage of staff in my Department receiving non-pensionable bonuses in each of the last three years, and the total cost.
	
		
			  2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Percentage of bonuses 26 32 33 
			 Cost (£) 922,000 1,462,000 1,835,000 
			 Percentage of paybill 0.6 0.96 33

Education Maintenance Allowance

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education maintenance allowances are being paid in each local education authority in England; what percentage of the relevant age cohort these figures represent; and what estimate he has made of the take-up rate in each area.

Parmjit Dhanda: EMA 2005/06 take-up to April 2006 and is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Take-up current year (April 2006) Take-up as proportion of age cohort Take-up as proportion of eligible population 
			 Local authority 16-year-olds 17-year-olds 16-year-olds (percentage) 17-year-olds (percentage) 16-year-olds (percentage) 17-year-olds (percentage) 
			 Camden 753 687 41 39 86 86 
			 Greenwich 1,154 930 42 33 87 81 
			 Hackney 1,388 1,227 55 47 91 92 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 596 550 41 37 83 86 
			 Islington 896 696 52 40 99 85 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 349 317 27 26 96 92 
			 Lambeth 1,517 1,241 60 47 99 92 
			 Lewisham 1,326 1,079 46 38 90 82 
			 Southwark 1,380 1,162 51 44 92 90 
			 Tower Hamlets 1,587 1,336 64 53 93 87 
			 Wandsworth 900 689 46 36 96 81 
			 Westminster 564 534 36 34 86 89 
			 Barking and Dagenham 922 697 40 32 97 88 
			 Barnet 1,125 1,009 29 27 89 92 
			 Bexley 849 677 27 22 81 77 
			 Brent 1,441 1,303 46 42 94 92 
			 Bromley 940 715 23 19 78 73 
			 Croydon 1,568 1,213 35 28 94 83 
			 Ealing 1,330 1,266 39 37 87 91 
			 Enfield 1,380 1,142 38 32 89 83 
			 Haringey 1,228 1,156 50 45 88 92 
			 Harrow 924 825 34 27 95 93 
			 Havering 833 623 28 21 82 72 
			 Hillingdon 909 741 28 23 82 79 
			 Hounslow 978 804 39 32 93 84 
			 Kingston upon Thames 390 308 22 18 85 79 
			 Merton 682 526 33 25 91 81 
			 Newham 2,021 1,749 56 49 96 93 
			 Redbridge 1,139 1,045 33 32 80 85 
			 Richmond upon Thames 352 309 20 18 83 82 
			 Sutton 595 482 25 20 83 76 
			 Waltham Forest 1,246 1,037 45 38 84 83 
			 Birmingham 6,330 5,262 44 37 86 83 
			 Coventry 1,569 1,176 38 29 85 73 
			 Dudley 1,402 1,087 34 27 85 76 
			 Sandwell 1,834 1,445 47 37 89 82 
			 Solihull 728 542 25 19 83 74 
			 Walsall 1,374 1,090 39 32 86 77 
			 Wolverhampton 1,508 1,134 45 35 87 76 
			 Knowsley 1,178 891 51 39 92 82 
			 Liverpool 2,839 2,188 48 37 89 77 
			 St. Helens 976 759 41 33 99 84 
			 Sefton 1,602 1,260 39 31 85 79 
			 Wirral 1,749 1,274 40 29 86 71 
			 Bolton 1,433 1,161 37 31 82 79 
			 Bury 812 647 30 24 76 72 
			 Manchester 2,685 2,213 46 39 88 83 
			 Oldham 1,407 1,005 45 32 91 74 
			 Rochdale 1,246 1,036 40 34 81 79 
			 Salford 997 816 35 29 81 80 
			 Stockport 993 897 26 24 75 76 
			 Tameside 1,183 891 38 29 84 73 
			 Trafford 919 805 32 30 82 80 
			 Wigan 1,476 1,125 36 27 85 76 
			 Barnsley 1,008 789 34 28 81 74 
			 Doncaster 1,445 1,075 36 27 86 74 
			 Rotherham 1,191 880 34 26 85 73 
			 Sheffield 2,213 1,742 35 28 81 75 
			 Bradford 2,963 2,256 43 34 90 79 
			 Calderdale 984 720 37 27 83 69 
			 Kirklees 1,883 1,546 34 29 82 77 
			 Leeds 3,154 2,221 33 23 88 73 
			 Wakefield 1,429 1,064 32 24 82 72 
			 Gateshead 971 783 40 32 84 78 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,149 893 35 29 88 77 
			 North Tyneside 905 676 36 27 80 70 
			 South Tyneside 791 632 38 31 84 78 
			 Sunderland 1,645 1,248 43 33 87 76 
			 Bath and NE Somerset 599 440 26 20 82 74 
			 Bristol, City of 1,561 1,067 34 24 90 69 
			 North Somerset 725 567 29 23 75 71 
			 South Gloucestershire 821 598 25 18 77 68 
			 Hartlepool 607 429 47 33 87 73 
			 Middlesbrough 920 773 46 39 85 78 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 749 613 39 32 85 81 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 917 756 34 29 82 77 
			 Kingston upon Hull, City of 1,580 1,202 46 35 88 76 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,404 1,127 32 27 80 74 
			 North East Lincolnshire 1,061 813 45 34 89 78 
			 North Lincolnshire 779 619 36 30 80 74 
			 North Yorkshire 2,241 1,670 26 20 85 75 
			 York 637 493 29 23 87 79 
			 Bedfordshire 1,302 1,012 24 19 80 73 
			 Luton 1,227 1,032 47 39 87 81 
			 Buckinghamshire 1,337 1,037 20 16 86 81 
			 Milton Keynes 890 702 30 23 80 75 
			 Derbyshire 3,067 2,374 30 25 81 72 
			 Derby 1,088 718 34 24 87 68 
			 Dorset 1,516 1,160 28 21 79 72 
			 Poole 535 406 30 22 84 74 
			 Bournemouth 624 465 33 26 85 74 
			 Durham 2,408 1,851 38 30 84 73 
			 Darlington 520 360 38 28 87 71 
			 East Sussex 2,079 1,690 31 26 76 72 
			 Brighton and Hove 923 721 34 27 87 77 
			 Hampshire 4,165 3,079 25 19 82 73 
			 Portsmouth 880 707 38 30 87 79 
			 Southampton 946 679 38 27 86 72 
			 Leicestershire 2,347 1,798 28 23 79 72 
			 Leicester 2,182 1,880 58 50 89 86 
			 Rutland 82 62 13 8 78 60 
			 Staffordshire 3,487 2,715 32 25 79 70 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 1,482 1,086 46 34 86 74 
			 Wiltshire 1,568 1,148 26 19 78 69 
			 Swindon 717 580 30 25 78 72 
			 Bracknell Forest 327 201 22 12 102 72 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 295 254 16 12 78 79 
			 West Berkshire 374 249 18 12 83 64 
			 Reading 439 299 26 18 85 66 
			 Slough 587 420 37 26 96 78 
			 Wokingham 344 272 17 14 85 77 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,769 1,325 25 19 82 72 
			 Peterborough 780 577 36 26 84 73 
			 Cheshire 2,521 1,881 28 21 81 73 
			 Halton 751 566 44 33 85 74 
			 Warrington 748 562 28 22 84 73 
			 Devon 3,370 2,605 36 29 79 71 
			 Plymouth 1,320 986 40 30 77 67 
			 Torbay 782 579 45 34 85 73 
			 Essex 4,800 3,455 27 20 83 70 
			 Southend-on-Sea 620 528 30 27 77 74 
			 Thurrock 563 346 27 18 89 63 
			 Herefordshire 783 594 32 25 76 70 
			 Worcestershire 2,324 1,847 31 25 76 74 
			 Kent 5,519 4,068 29 22 83 72 
			 Medway 1,180 897 32 24 79 70 
			 Lancashire 5,374 4,419 33 28 82 78 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 968 824 44 37 87 83 
			 Blackpool 748 534 39 28 88 76 
			 Nottinghamshire 3,330 2,419 32 24 84 70 
			 Nottingham 1,600 1,164 48 35 95 78 
			 Shropshire 1,130 845 28 21 79 70 
			 Telford and Wrekin 777 582 33 24 78 70 
			 Cornwall 3,102 2,542 46 38 79 75 
			 Cumbria 2,034 1,576 32 25 76 69 
			 Gloucestershire 2,121 1,659 27 22 79 74 
			 Hertfordshire 3,217 2,465 23 18 81 74 
			 Isle of Wight 710 618 41 36 72 73 
			 Lincolnshire 3,149 2,374 34 26 79 72 
			 Norfolk 3,484 2,556 34 26 83 70 
			 Northamptonshire 2,477 1,741 27 19 80 68 
			 Northumberland 1,326 1,020 33 26 78 69 
			 Oxfordshire 1,496 1,105 19 14 84 74 
			 Somerset 2,181 1,717 30 23 79 73 
			 Suffolk 2,982 2,248 33 26 80 70 
			 Surrey 2,447 1,916 18 14 83 77 
			 Warwickshire 1,798 1,313 26 19 83 72 
			 West Sussex 2,651 2,057 27 22 81 75 
			        
			 England 220,523 171,980 33 26 84 76 
			 Notes:  1. Take-up figures are the number of learners who have received one or more EMA payments.  2. The eligibility estimates are produced using income distributions (derived from the Family Resources Survey) and expected numbers in full-time further education. When applied to individual localities, the figures may be subject to some variation but they provide a useful estimate. 3. City of London has been omitted because of small population size (see note 2, above). Take-up of EMA in the authority to date is 19 16-year-olds and 42 17-year-olds have received at least one payment.

Medical School

Jim Devine: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places were allocated in each English university for studying medicine in 2005; and how many of those places were taken by (a) students from overseas and (b) those educated in the private sector.

Bill Rammell: The available information is given in the following table. Information on the previous educational establishment of the intakes of medical schools is not held centrally. The planned and actual intakes of UK and overseas students are determined independently. An increase in overseas students does not affect the number of places available for UK students.
	
		
			 Planned and actual intakes of medical schools in England 2005/06 
			    of which: 
			 Institution Planned intake Actual intake(1) Home and EU(2) Other overseas(3) 
			 Birmingham 385 432 389 43 
			 Brighton-Sussex 138 136 129 7 
			 Bristol 256 265 248 17 
			 Cambridge 299 301 280 21 
			 East Anglia 141 129 126 3 
			 Hull-York 141 136 135 1 
			 Imperial 330 342 318 24 
			 Keele 130 126 126 0 
			 King's College 415 404 373 31 
			 Leeds 263 254 225 29 
			 Leicester/Warwick 422 485 449 36 
			 Liverpool 317 343 327 16 
			 Manchester 381 357 332 25 
			 Newcastle/Durham 352 381 354 27 
			 Nottingham 336 352 316 36 
			 Oxford 186 187 183 4 
			 Peninsula 181 176 174 2 
			 QMW 324 327 300 27 
			 St. George's 264 297 280 17 
			 Sheffield 241 264 248 16 
			 Southampton 246 253 233 20 
			 UCL 330 351 327 24 
			 Total England 6,078 6,298 5,872 426 
			 (1) Intake figures for 2005/6 are provisional until November 2006.  (2) Home and EU domiciles cannot be separated in the return as both pay the same fees.  (3) Includes students from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as they do not pay home fees.  Source:  HEFCE's medicine and dentistry return.

Pupil Numbers

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  how many pupils are being taught at the temporary school at Oakgrove; how long the temporary school will remain in place; and what estimate he has made of the number of pupils who will be taught there in (a) September 2006, (b) July 2007 and (c) September 2007;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the number of pupils who will be taught in (a) Bradwell Village, (b) Caroline Haslett, (c) Green Park, (d) Olney Infants, (e) Lord Grey, (f) The Walnuts, (g) White Spire and (h) Sir Frank Markham schools in (i) September 2006, (ii) July 2007 and (iii) September 2007.

Jim Knight: Local authorities are responsible for school place planning and the Secretary of State does not make estimates of pupil numbers. As part of the annual surplus places survey, however, the Department collects local authority area level forecasts of the number of primary and secondary pupils. We do not collect forecasts at school level. The following table shows Milton Keynes estimated pupil numbers at September 2006 and 2007:
	
		
			  2006 2007 
			 Primary 20,064 20,605 
			 Secondary 16,740 16,937 
			 Total 38,810 39,549 
			 Source:  2005 Surplus Places Survey

School Statistics

David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in England are (i) community, (ii) voluntary controlled, (iii) voluntary aided, (iv) foundation, (v) city technology college, (vi) academy and (vii) other; and what percentage of children in each category of school (A) are in receipt of free school meals, (B) have special educational needs and (C) are from ethnic minority families.

Jim Knight: holding answer 10 May 2006
	The information requested is shown in the following table.
	
		
			 Maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies: school meals, special educational needs and ethnicity data, January 2006 (Provisional)(1, )England 
			  Maintained Primary(2) 
			  Community Voluntary Controlled Voluntary Aided Foundation Total 
			 Number of schools 10,842 2,550 3,747 363 17,502 
			       
			 School meal arrangements(3)      
			 Number on roll 2,838,570 416.760 787,530 109,120 4,151,970 
			 Number taking free meals 425,570 33.280 84,820 9.900 553,560 
			 Percentage taking free meals 15.0 8.0 10.8 9.1 13.3 
			 Number eligible for free meals 514,670 40,160 100,680 11,680 667,180 
			 Percentage eligible for free meals 18.1 9.6 12.8 10.7 18.1 
			       
			 Pupils with SEN(4)      
			 Number with statements 46.920 6.020 10,280 1,690 64,910 
			 Percentage with statements(5) 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 
			 Number without statements(6) 515,980 64,140 119,550 17,090 718,750 
			 Percentage without statements(5) 18.2 15.4 15.2 15.7 17.3 
			       
			 Ethnic minority pupils(4,7)      
			 Number 507.090 34.980 130,580 16,180 688,830 
			 Percentage(8) 22.4 10.0 20.3 17.7 20.6 
		
	
	
		
			  Maintained Secondary(2) 
			  Community Voluntary Controlled Voluntary Aided Foundation Total 
			 Number of schools 2,164 118 554 530 3,366 
			       
			 School meal arrangements(3)      
			 Number on roll 2,092,550 118,680 503,990 594,810 3,310,030 
			 Number taking free meals 234.360 6,580 48,380 41,320 328,640 
			 Percentage taking free meals 11.2 5.5 9.2 8.9 9.9 
			 Number eligible for free meals 322,870 9,490 60,340 55,920 448,610 
			 Percentage eligible for free meals 15.4 8.0 12.0 9.4 13.6 
			       
			 Pupils with SEN(4)      
			 Number with statements 50,340 2,590 9,380 11,620 73,930 
			 Percentage with statements(5) 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.2 
			 Number without statements(6) 352,650 14,570 62,630 76,810 506,670 
			 Percentage without statements(5) 16.9 12.3 12.4 12.9 15.3 
			       
			 Ethnic minority pupils(4,7)      
			 Number 337,160 10.140 111.000 97,960 556,260 
			 Percentage(8) 16.1 8.6 22.0 16.5 16.8 
		
	
	
		
			  City technology colleges Academies(1) 
			 Number of schools 11 26 
			    
			 School meal arrangements(3)   
			 Number on roll 12,480 23,800 
			 Number taking free meals 1,270 6,420 
			 Percentage taking free meals 10.2 27.0 
			 Number eligible for free meals 1,530 7.880 
			 Percentage eligible for free meals 12.3 33.1 
			    
			 Pupils with SEN(4)   
			 Number with statements 130 710 
			 Percentage with statements(5) 1.0 3.0 
			 Number without statements(6) 1,060 5,800 
			 Percentage without statements(5) 8.5 24.4 
			    
			 Ethnic minority pupils(4,7)   
			 Number 2,640 9,590 
			 Percentage(8) 21.1 40.4 
			 (1 )These figures are based on survey returns from over 99 per cent. of primary and secondary schools. A survey return from one academy is known to be outstanding. No estimation has been made for those survey returns that are outstanding.  (2) Includes middle schools as deemed.  (3) Includes dually registered and boarding pupils.  (4) Excludes dually registered pupils.  (5) Number of pupils with/without a statement of special educational needs expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils on roll.  (6) Includes pupils with an SEN status of school action or school action plus.  (7) Pupils of compulsory school age and above are classified according to ethnic group.  (8) Pupils who have been classified according to their ethnic group and are other than White British expressed as a percentage of all pupils of compulsory school age and above.  Notes:  Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown. Source: Annual Schools Census.

University Placements (Medicine)

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many placements were available in 2005 in universities in England to study medicine; how many applications were made for such placements from (a) overseas students and (b) British students; and how many places were given to (i) overseas students and (ii) British students.

Bill Rammell: The available information is given in the following two tables. The planned and actual intakes of UK and overseas students are determined independently. An increase in overseas students does not affect the number of places available for UK students.
	
		
			 Applicants through UCAS to pre-clinical medicine courses at UK institutions, 2005 entry 
			 Domicile Applicants(1) Accepted applicants 
			 UK 15,637 7,106 
			 EU 1,426 170 
			 Other overseas 2,297 545 
			 Total 19,360 7,821 
			 (1) Figures only include students where the majority of their applications are to medicine courses.  Source:  UCAS annual datasets. 
		
	
	
		
			 Planned intake and actual intake to UK medical schools, 2005/6 
			  Planned intake(1) Actual intake(2) 
			 Total 7,588 7,898 
			 Of which:   
			 Home and EU(3) — 7,352 
			 Other overseas(4) — 546 
			 (1) Planned intake numbers for UK institutions, split by domicile, are not held centrally. In 2005/6, the planned intake at English institutions was 6,078 of which 5,621 were for home students and 457 for overseas students. Actual intake at English institutions in 2005/06 was 6,298 of which 5,872 were home students and 426 were overseas.  (2) Intake figures for 2005/6 are provisional until November 2006.  (3) Home and EU domiciles cannot be separated in the return as both pay the same fees.  (4) Includes students from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as they do not pay home fees.  Source:  HEFCE's medicine and dentistry return.

Thames Gateway

Paul Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the funds which have been distributed to projects within the Medway local authority area through the Thames Gateway project.

Yvette Cooper: A total of £100,370,330 from the 2003-08 Thames Gateway budget, has been allocated for projects in the Medway local authority area. A list of these projects is tabled below. Combined, these projects are forecast to lever in over £1.5 billion of private sector investment into the Medway area.
	This investment will support the delivery of over 2,500 homes and 900 jobs at Rochester and Strood Riversides; three universities and a college have combined to share a new campus, at Chatham Maritime, increasing full time education student places from 2000 in 2002 to 10,000 by 2010; a new innovation centre will help to retain and create up to 2,000 high quality jobs. Working with our partners in Medway Renaissance, we are also investing in town centre improvements at Chatham and Gillingham and a series of community and environmental improvements projects that will benefit the people of Medway.
	
		
			 DCLG Medway Investment 
			  £ 
			 Rochester Riverside 42,501,000 
			   
			 Universities at Medway 15,000,000 
			   
			 Strood Riverside 13,624,000 
			   
			 Chatham Town Centre and Waterfront 10,000,000 
			   
			 St Mary's Island 5,000,000 
			   
			 Medway Renaissance Partnership 4,400,000 
			   
			 Medway Innovation Centre 3,500,000 
			   
			 National Museums at Chatham 1,400,000 
			   
			 Transport for Medway 1,000,000 
			   
			 Gillingham Town Centre 850,000 
			   
			 North Kent Environmental Programme: 922,000 
			 Ranscombe Farm 665,000 
			 Hillyfields 145,000 
			 Cliffe Conservation Park 112,000 
			   
			 Community Enterprise Hubs Medway 1,123,330 
			   
			 Chatham Centre and Waterfront Environmental 550,000 
			   
			 River Medway Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 400,000 
			   
			 Gateway Knowledge Alliance; Rochester Construction Centre 100,000 
			 Total 100,370,330

Arm's-Length Bodies

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many arm's-length bodies have been (a) established and (b) dissolved by each Government Department in the Province in each of the last 10 years.

David Hanson: The tables show the number of non-departmental public bodies established and dissolved by each Government Department for which central records are available between 1997 and March 2006.
	
		
			 Non-departmental Public Bodies Created 
			  1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Total 
			 DE 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 DFP — — — — — 1 — — — 1 
			 DED 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 DOE — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 DHSSPS — — — — 1 2 — 1 — 4 
			 DETI — — — — — 1 — — — 1 
			 DRD — — — — — — — 1 — 1 
			 NIO — 3 2 4 1 1 1 — — 12 
			 OFMDFM — — — — — — 5 — — 5 
			 Total 2 3 2 4 3 5 6 2 0 27 
		
	
	
		
			 Non-departmental Public Bodies Dissolved 
			  1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Total 
			 DE 2 — — — — — — — — 2 
			 DFP 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 DHSS 9 — 5 — — — — — — 14 
			 DED — 1 5 — — — — — — 6 
			 DARD — — 1 — — — — — 1 2 
			 DOE — — 2 — 1 — — — — 3 
			 DHSSPS — — — 1 1 — — — — 2 
			 DHFETE — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 DEL — — — — 2 — — — — 2 
			 DSD — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 DETI — — — —  3 — — — 3 
			 DRD — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Other* — — — — — — 1 — — 1 
			 NIO — 2 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 5 
			 Total 12 3 13 3 6 4 1 1 1 44

Consultancy Fees

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the companies which were paid consultancy fees by his Department in 2005-06; how much each was paid; and what each of the companies was used to accomplish.

Peter Hain: The information requested is as follows:
	
		
			 Name of consultancy company What they were employed to accomplish Amount paid to consultancy firm (figs to be supplied by FSD) (£) 
			 Mark Baker To review the police service Northern Ireland special duty allowance 7,000.00 
			 Queens University Belfast Evaluate drug project in young offenders centre 9,054.40 
			 Williamson Consulting Evaluate Ballymena drug project 14,526.00 
			 Williamson Consulting Evaluate Derry drug project 21,713.50 
			 Deloitte Independent evaluation of Radiolink Schemes 27,139.38 
			 AV Browne Development and production of Theft from Vehicles campaign 2 48,268.00 
			 AV Browne Amend voice over for Theft from Vehicles radio advertisement. 659.70 
			 Anderson Spratt Group Amendment to Unknown Caller TV advertisement. 2,437.00 
			 Anderson Spratt Group Executive services for work on Unknown Caller TV advertisement. 425.00 
			 AV Browne Amendment to Domestic Violence TV advertisement. 26.25 
			 MMMA Evaluation of the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM) Racial Harassment and Advocacy Project 9,990.00 
			 Anderson Spratt Group Project RICH Support 7,635.86 
			 HP Improvement of business processes 19,369.98 
			 Deloitte To enhance the document management system 344,877.89 
			 TTC International Ltd. To carry out a review of the management, staffing and future development of gardening and grounds maintenance at Hillsborough Castle 11,485.62 
			 Daniell Consulting Ltd. An independent quality assurance review of the arrangements for the implementation of Part V of the Police Act 1997 in Northern Ireland 2,147.90 
			 Deloitte and Touche To assist with the implementation of the Criminal Justice Review recommendations leading to the creation and implementation of the public prosecution service Northern Ireland 608,124.00 
			 Mr. B. Hancock Provision of independent advice to the public prosecution service project board 8,050.00 
			 Ms A. Quinn Provision of independent advice to the public prosecution service project board 9,000.00 
			 Mr. R. Wilson Security consultant 2,199.00 
			 Mr. W. Hamilton Sturdy To assist with the implementation of ICT infrastructure/security 65,151.00 
			 White Young Green Professional advisors on accommodation project 229,718.00 
			 Quest Consulting Professional advisors on facilities management 9,607.00 
			 Mr. I. Morrison Professional advisors on counsel fees 21,158.00 
			 Prof M. McWilliams Advice on drafting of new policy for prosecuting cases of domestic violence 1,250.00 
			 Prof J. Jackson Launch of public prosecution service 2,000.00 
			 Mr. A. MacLaughlin Independent assessor of complaints 7,921.00 
			 Internet Solutions Ireland/Fluent Technology Provision of new IT system for the State Pathologist's Department 126,000.00 
			 Deloitte MCS Ltd. Business case for new case management system for the State Pathologist's Department 4,000.00 
			 Deloitte MCS Ltd. Status review of the State Pathologist's Department 12,000.00 
			 Business Development Service Staffing review of the State Pathologist's Department laboratory 16,000.00 
			 Osprey Mott MacDonald/Mott MacDonald Ltd Forensic Science Northern Ireland accommodation project—Project Management and Technical Design Services 81,000.00 
			 PricewaterhouseCoopers Forensic science Northern Ireland accommodation project-financial services 20,000.00 
			 Anne McMurray Consulting Helping to develop a vision for Youth Justice Agency 1,900.00 
			 N I Youth Forum Consultation with young people on developments in Youth Justice Agency 2,500.00 
			 Napier Watson Consulting Ltd. Ongoing client advisor and quality assurance officer to Juvenile Justice Centre project 40,000.00 
			 Bill Duffy Ongoing design consultancy and operational advice to Juvenile Justice Centre project 7,000.00 
			 Anderson Spratt Group Ongoing communications advisors to Juvenile Justice Centre project 10,000.00 
			 Keppies Design Ltd. Ongoing design consultancy and operational advice to Juvenile Justice Centre project 120,000.00 
			 Turley Associates Ongoing planning consultants to Juvenile Justice Centre project to obtain outline planning permission for new JJC and residential housing development on surplus land 6,000.00 
			 L' Estrange and Brett Ongoing legal advice to Juvenile Justice Centre project 56,000.00 
			 Brendan Boyle Preparation and invitation to tender document for Crown Solicitors Office IT Project 2,643.75 
			 Deloitte Total Reward and Benefits Ltd. Provision of consultancy services on pensions provisions for police lateral entry scheme 22,431.00 
			 Critical Intervention Consultancy services Ltd. Provision of specialist advice to ACPO and UK Steering Group on Less Lethal Weapons 54,050.83 
			 JBM Consultants External equality facilitator and assessor 12,933.00 
			 CPCR Consultancy for Leadership Programme for Grade A and SCS and skills transfer to NIO Business Improvement Team staff 30,581.58 
			 David Clutterbuck Consultancy re Peoplebank Mentoring Scheme 23,783.94 
			 Tony Greenaway Consultancy re Investors in People accreditation 6,421.33 
			 Martin Alnutt Consultancy re Tracking/Evaluation of Leadership programme for Grade A and SCS 2,066.70 
			 Tim Lewis Recruitment Project management and IT expertise 207,129.67 
			 Deloitte MCS Ltd. Project Management and IT expertise 112,272.45 
			    
			  Total 2,467,648.73

Dogs

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dog attacks on people have been reported in each of the last five years in Northern Ireland, broken down by local authority.

David Cairns: The number of reported dog attacks on people in Northern Ireland, broken down by councils, for the last available five year period 2000 to 2004 is detailed in Table 1.
	
		
			 Table 1: Dog attacks on people in Northern Ireland 
			  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
			 Antrim 15 17 16 18 25 
			 Ards 6 17 20 26 34 
			 Armagh 26 31 37 25 46 
			 Ballymena 8 18 40 21 16 
			 Ballymoney 6 1 9 9 10 
			 Banbridge 28 16 23 12 22 
			 Belfast 121 126 96 97 98 
			 Carrick 19 21 11 18 12 
			 Castlereagh 31 35 17 28 22 
			 Coleraine 35 45 52 39 42 
			 Cookstown 3 2 3 7 5 
			 Craigavon 9 5 8 15 24 
			 Derry 80 109 133 86 117 
			 Down 14 39 48 57 57 
			 Dungannon 25 13 22 13 10 
			 Fermanagh 29 20 27 26 30 
			 Larne 9 0 6 2 0 
			 Limavady 19 33 26 20 19 
			 Lisburn 85 30 40 40 54 
			 Magherafelt 3 4 2 7 4 
			 Moyle 9 8 3 10 5 
			 Newry 23 16 22 15 13 
			 Newtownabbey 59 42 39 31 52 
			 North Down 64 48 24 40 52 
			 Omagh 12 13 2 8 14 
			 Strabane 3 21 6 27 — 
			 Grand total 741 730 732 697 783 
			 Source: Annual Statistics: All Councils

Dogs

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dogs have been destroyed under an order in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

David Cairns: The number of dogs destroyed under the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 for each of the last full years from 1999 to 2004 is detailed in the table. Figures are not available for years before 1999.
	
		
			 Dogs destroyed in Northern Ireland(1) 
			  Total number of dogs destroyed 
			 1999 6,965 
			 2000 5,882 
			 2001 4,664 
			 2002 4,534 
			 2003 4,132 
			 2004 3,371 
			 (1 )Annual statistics: all councils.

Drug Addicts

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many registered drug addicts there are in each (a) local health authority and (b) ward in Northern Ireland, listed in descending order; what percentage of the total this represents in each case; and how much was spent on drug addiction services by each local health authority in 2004-05.

Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Addicts Index Database holds information on all those persons registered in concurrence with the Misuse of Drugs (Notification of and Supply to Addicts) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1973. It is based on a specific list of drugs, not necessarily all those which are used by addicts, and is dependent on GPs and other doctors submitting the relevant information. It does not represent the full total of those currently in treatment for problem drug use in Northern Ireland. The latest figures from the Database shows that in 2004-05 there were 239 'registered drug addicts'. Their distribution by Health and Social Services Board (HSSB) is provided in the following table.
	
		
			 Registered addicts by Health and Social Services Board 2005 
			  Number Percentage 
			 Northern HSSB 102 43 
			 Eastern HSSB 97 41 
			 Western HSSB 20 8 
			 Southern HSSB 15 6 
			 Total (1)239 100 
			 (1 )This figure includes five individuals for whom Health and Social Services Board data could not be established. 
		
	
	The data collected for the database do not facilitate description of those on the register by council ward or parliamentary constituency.
	In respect of expenditure on addiction services, the four Health and Social Services Boards do not differentiate between those receiving treatment for problem alcohol and drug misuse and co-dependency (both substances).
	For 2004-05 the four Health and Social Services Boards report expenditure on combined drug and alcohol addiction services as follows.
	
		
			 Health and Social Services Board Expenditure (£) 
			 Northern 1,501,412 
			 Southern 766,935 
			 Eastern 3,069,771 
			 Western 1,836,715 
			 Total 7,174,883

Northern Ireland Roads Service Magazine

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost was of (a) publication and (b) distribution of the Northern Ireland Roads Service magazine, The Link: Investing in the Road Network of 30 May; and how many copies were printed.

David Cairns: The Chief Executive of Roads Service, Dr. Malcolm McKibbin, has been asked to write to my hon. Friend in response to this question.
	Letter from Malcolm McKibbin, dated 7 June 2006
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding what the cost of (a) publication and (b) distribution was of the Northern Ireland Roads Service magazine, The Link: Investing in the Road Network of 30th May; and how many copies were printed.
	As this issue falls within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
	Roads Service recently produced a 32-page information supplement called 'The Link' on the M1/Westlink scheme. This is one of the largest and most high profile schemes ever undertaken by Roads Service and has attracted a huge level of public interest and an equally high level of demand from the media for information about the scheme. The supplement was distributed to homes across Northern Ireland in late May, through the 3 main newspapers.
	Road Service produced the supplement in house with the assistance of the Departmental Graphic Design Unit and Press Office, and the only costs incurred were for printing and insertion into the three main local daily papers. Some 206,000 copies were printed at a cost of £50,118, and associated distribution costs were approximately £8,500, which equates to just over 28 pence per copy.
	The supplement was a significant publication and forms part of our communication strategy to provide information to the public on this £104 million scheme.

Petrol/Electric Cars

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many hybrid petrol/electric cars have been sold in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what grants are available to those who wish to buy such vehicles.

David Cairns: The number of new hybrid electric/petrol cars registered in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years is:
	
		
			  Number 
			 2001 1 
			 2002 2 
			 2003 2 
			 2004 17 
			 2005 (to 16 November) 52 
		
	
	UK-wide Government grants have previously been available under the PowerShift programme to those wishing to purchase certain hybrid vehicles. The programme is due to be replaced by the Low Carbon Car programme which is based on a technology neutral approach. Once cleared by the European Commission under state aid rules, the programme will provide grants towards the purchase of cars with particularly low carbon emissions. This is likely to include a number of hybrid vehicles and will be funded by the Department for Transport for England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and by the Scottish Executive for Scotland.

PSNI

William McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time officers are serving in the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Paul Goggins: The numbers of officers serving as of 20 July 2005 in the requested ranks are.
	
		
			  Number 
			 PSNI regular officers 7,458 
			 Reserve constable full-time 1,205 
			 Reserve constable part-time 753 
			 Constable part-time(1) 152 
			 (1) New title for officers recruited as new intake of part-time officers.

Psychology Degrees

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students will commence psychology degree courses in the Province over each of the next five years.

Maria Eagle: Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster have indicated that they currently plan to make provision for the following number of students to commence psychology degree courses over each of the next five years:
	
		
			  Undergraduate Postgraduate 
			 2006-07 346 120 
			 2007-08 425 114 
			 2008-09 452 124 
			 2009-10 377 120 
			 2010-11 377 120 
			 Total 1,977 598 
		
	
	The actual intakes are a matter for the universities and are subject to change.

Railway Security

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions the railway line between Lisburn and Portadown has been closed because of security alerts in each of the last 10 years.

David Cairns: Translink advises that it does not have exact figures for closures of specific sections of the railway network readily available. However the information available on the number of Enterprise and cross border services disrupted by security alerts since 2001 is as follows:
	
		
			  Disruptions 
			 2001 694 
			 2002 76 
			 2003 130 
			 2004 74 
			 2005 90 
			 2006 8 
		
	
	Most of these disruptions would have been caused by alerts between Lisburn and Portadown.

Roads Service

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  how many properties the Roads Service has compulsorily purchased for future road schemes in each of the last 20 years, broken down by division in Northern Ireland;
	(2)  what requirements are in place for the maintenance of property compulsorily purchased by the Roads Service before completion of the relevant road scheme;

David Cairns: The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.
	Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin, dated 20 February 2006.
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland two Parliamentary Questions regarding compulsory purchased properties owned by Roads Service:
	how many properties the Roads Service has compulsorily purchased for future road schemes in each of the last 20 years, broken down by division in Northern Ireland; and
	what requirements are in place for the maintenance of property compulsorily purchased by the Roads Service before completion of the relevant road scheme.
	As these issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service I have been asked to reply.
	The following table details the number of properties compulsorily purchased or purchased under blight by Roads Service in each of the last 20 years, which haven't yet been used for a proposed road scheme.
	
		
			 Number of properties acquired 
			  Northern division Southern division Western division Eastern division 
			 1985 0 0 0 0 
			 1986 0 1 0 0 
			 1987 0 0 0 0 
			 1988 0 0 0 0 
			 1989 0 0 0 4 
			 1990 0 0 0 1 
			 1991 0 0 0 1 
			 1992 0 0 0 3 
			 1993 0 0 0 2 
			 1994 0 0 0 0 
			 1995 0 0 0 2 
			 1996 0 0 0 1 
			 1997 0 0 0 5 
			 1998 0 0 0 2 
			 1999 0 0 0 2 
			 2000 0 0 0 2 
			 2001 0 0 0 0 
			 2002 0 0 0 0 
			 2003 0 0 0 1 
			 2004 0 0 0 0 
			 2005 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	The day-to-day management of property acquired by Roads Service in advance of road schemes is carried out by the Department for Social Development's Lands Service, under the terms of a Service Level Agreement (currently under review). The term 'management' as defined in the Service Level Agreement includes the letting of land, collection of rent, rent review, rent accounting and maintenance of property. It also includes the supervision of derelict land and buildings to ensure that they do not constitute a danger to the public and the safeguarding of vacant land against vandals.

Roads Service

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  how many (a) properties and (b) gardens have been bought by the Roads Service in the Shandon Park area of East Belfast in each of the last 25 years; and on what date each site was (i) purchased, (ii) last maintained and (iii) completed;
	(2)  how much the Roads Service has spent purchasing property in the Shandon Park area of East Belfast in connection with the proposed link road between Ascot Park and Shandon Park.

David Cairns: The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.
	Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin, dated 20 February 2006
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland two Parliamentary Questions regarding the Shandon Park area:
	how many (a) properties and (b) gardens have been bought by the Roads Service in the Shandon Park area of East Belfast in each of the last 25 years and on what date each site was (i) purchased, (ii) last maintained and (iii) completed; and
	how much the Roads Service has spent purchasing property in the Shandon Park area of East Belfast in connection with the proposed link road between Ascot Park and Shandon Park.
	As these issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
	By way of background, I should explain that the proposed widening of the A55 at Knock Road is included in the Belfast Metropolitan Transport Plan and Roads Service's Major Works Preparation Pool. The two detailed options still being considered are a dual carriageway or two lanes in both directions with right turning lanes at junctions. Both of these options currently include a link road from Ascot Park to Shandon Park. We plan to present these options at a public consultation day in spring 2006.
	In the past 25 years, 2 properties/gardens were acquired by Roads Service for the proposed A55 widening scheme—number 2 Shandon Park (purchased 23 May 1984) and number 4 Shandon Park (purchased 7 December 1987). Both these properties were subsequently demolished. In addition, 2 properties/gardens were acquired for the associated proposed link road from Ascot Park to Shandon Park—number 11 Shandon Park (purchased 17 November 1997) and number 13 Shandon Park (purchased 7 February 2003). The total cost for these two properties was £406,000.
	The day-to-day management of property acquired by Roads Service in advance of road schemes is carried out by the Department for Social Development's Lands Service, under the terms of a Service Level Agreement (currently under review). This document, among other things, stipulates response times for reacting to maintenance problems.
	DSD colleagues have advised that 11 and 13 Shandon Park were rented to tenants but vacated in January and February 2005 respectively. Unfortunately DSD was unsuccessful in its efforts to secure new tenants for them after advertising in the local press in June 2005.
	I understand maintenance work has been ongoing at these properties. At 11 Shandon Park work was carried out between February and April 2005 with further work to be carried out this month. At 13 Shandon Park maintenance work was also carried out in June, July and September 2005 and in January 2006.

School Governor Training

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  how much each education and library board in Northern Ireland has spent on school governor training in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) staff costs, (b) facility hire, (c) refreshments and (d) other expenses;
	(2)  how much each education and library board expects to spend in 2006-07 on training for school governors.

Maria Eagle: Records for all five education and library boards are only available for the four financial years 2002-03 to 2005-06. Figures for the Western Board will be forwarded when they become available on 12 June. Details of the actual expenditure for the other boards for these years plus the 2006-07 anticipated expenditure figures are as follows:
	
		
			 £ 
			 Financial year/ELB Staff costs Facility hire Refreshments Other expenses Total 
			 2005-06      
			 Belfast 30,000 650 0 1,000 31,650 
			 North-eastern 41,468 851 (1)— 1,970 44,289 
			 South-eastern 22,574 1,075 360 1,949 25,958 
			 Southern 20,500 1,900 (1)— 3,042 25,442 
			 Western — — — — — 
			       
			 2004-05      
			 Belfast 28,000 1,100 0 1,000 30,100 
			 North-eastern 39,434 932 (1)— 838 41,204 
			 South-eastern 18,842 5,280 425 3,235 27,782 
			 Southern 20,000 1,900 (1)— 3,042 24,942 
			 Western — — — — — 
			       
			 2003-04      
			 Belfast 27,000 1,050 0 1,000 29,050 
			 North-eastern 40,984 1,694 (1)— 3,024 45,702 
			 South-eastern 18,093 4,250 350 2,718 25,411 
			 Southern 19,500 1,900 (1)— 3,042 24,442 
			 Western — — — — — 
			       
			 2002-03      
			 Belfast 25,000 500 0 1,000 26,500 
			 North-eastern 38,692 1,232 (1)— 1,710 41,634 
			 South-eastern 15,927 3,000 175 978 20,080 
			 Southern 19,000 1,900 (1)— 3,042 23,942 
			 Western — — — — — 
			 (1) Included in facility hire. 
		
	
	
		
			 2006-07 anticipated expenditure 
			  Amount (£) 
			 Belfast 26,650 
			 North-Eastern 47,660 
			 South-Eastern 27,371 
			 Southern 29,550 
			 Western 25,000

Stormont

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the final total cost for the upgrade of Castle Buildings in the Stormont Estate was, broken down by main budget heading.

David Hanson: Castle Buildings, which is one of the main office accommodation blocks in the Stormont Estate, has been subject to a rolling upgrading programme of work over the past 15 years. Such work included the refurbishment of most of the building in the early nineties leading up to the political talks in Northern Ireland.
	Since 2003, projects undertaken and associated costs have been:
	
		
			   Capital (£000) Revenue (£000) 
			 June 2003 Provision of additional car parking spaces 190,000 — 
			 September 2003 Refurbishment of the link towers and toilet facilities in all blocks and replacement of windows — 600,000 
			 March 2004 Refurbishment of Castle Buildings canteen — 114,000 
			 September 2005 Provision of new reception area at block B 200,000 —

Women Returning to Work

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many women in Northern Ireland have been successful in getting a placement after attending courses to encourage them back into the workforce in each of the last three years; what the most common type of placement was; and if he will make a statement.

Maria Eagle: The Department of Employment and Learning does not hold the information requested but can provide information on the number of females moving into employment from DEL programmes. The number of females moving into employment from training for work, transitional employment programme, worktrack, new deal for 18 to 24 year-olds and new deal 25 plus programmes in the last three years are as follows:
	
		
			  Training for work (Enterprise Ulster) Transitional employment programme(1) Worktrack(2) New deal 18-24 and 25 plus(3) Total 
			 2003-04 271 10 201 1,003 1,485 
			 2004-05 170 64 396 912 1,542 
			 2005-06(4) 54 2 7 820 883 
			 Total 495 76 604 2,735 3,910 
			 (1) Recruitment ceased 30 September 2005. (2) Programme closed 25 March 2005. (3) New deal participants moving into unsubsidised or subsidised employment. On this basis a participant is only ever counted once as starting employment, i.e. if a participant has a spell of unsubsidised employment after having a spell of subsidised employment, then the unsubsidised employment always takes priority. (4) Figures for 2005-06 are not yet complete and will therefore be subject to revision. 
		
	
	Statistics on the most common type of job placement found by females are only maintained for training for work and are as follows:
	
		
			 2003-04 Childcare 
			 2004-05 Childcare 
			 2005-06 Administration.

Women Returning to Work

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many women have taken up places on back to workplace courses in Northern Ireland over the last three years, broken down by constituency; and which courses have proved most popular.

Maria Eagle: The Department of Employment and Learning does not hold the information in the format requested but can provide the following information for the four programmes aimed at getting individuals back to work:
	New Deal 18-24 and 25 plus
	The number of females starting new deal 18-24 and new deal 25 plus programmes by parliamentary constituency over the last three years are as follows:
	
		
			 Parliamentary constituency 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Total 
			 Belfast East 144 100 73 317 
			 Belfast North 199 180 206 585 
			 Belfast South 152 99 117 368 
			 Belfast West 330 297 368 995 
			 East Antrim 112 112 108 332 
			 East Londonderry 253 238 241 732 
			 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 249 212 151 612 
			 Foyle 374 384 398 1156 
			 Lagan Valley 49 43 69 161 
			 Mid Ulster 150 120 136 406 
			 Newry and Armagh 205 183 164 552 
			 North Antrim 178 143 186 507 
			 North Down 81 69 77 227 
			 South Antrim 117 87 87 291 
			 South Down 172 136 144 452 
			 Strangford 104 118 97 319 
			 Upper Bann 155 96 96 347 
			 West Tyrone 294 307 336 937 
			 Incorrect/Incomplete post codes(1) 76 55 50 181 
			 Total 3,394 2,979 3,104 9,477 
			 (1 )Individuals were attributed to parliamentary constituency on the basis of their post code. Not all individuals had a correct or complete post code. 
		
	
	Statistics on new deal courses which have proved the most popular with women are not maintained by the Department.
	Enterprise Ulster—training for work
	The number of women commencing training with Enterprise Ulster over the last three years, by Enterprise Ulster area office (figures not retained by constituency) were as follows:
	
		
			  Number of starts 
			 Area office 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Ballymena 73 41 43 
			 Coleraine 153 135 80 
			 Londonderry 80 86 69 
			 Omagh 72 84 65 
			 Portadown 97 117 83 
			 Newry 150 206 34 
			 Belfast S/E 118 109 35 
			 Belfast N/W 152 94 69 
			 Total 895 872 478 
		
	
	The most popular courses in 2003-04 and 2004-05 were Early Years Care and Education at NVQ levels 2 and 3 (626 and 378 respectively). In 2005-06 117 women participated in Early Years Care and Education training.
	Transitional employment programme and worktrack
	The number of women commencing the transitional employment programme (TEP) and worktrack over the last three years, were as follows:
	
		
			  TWP(1) Worktrack(1) Total 
			 2003-04 19 716 735 
			 2004-05 180 1,460 1,640 
			 2005-06 131 19 150 
			 Total 330 2,195 2,525 
			 (1 )Figures for the transitional employment programme and worktrack are not maintained by the Department on a parliamentary constituency basis. 
		
	
	In relation to the transitional employment programme and worktrack the most popular occupational areas were childcare, retail and business administration.

Sexual Health

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of each main category of sexually transmitted disease there were in each primary care trust area in the North East in each year since 2001; and what the rate was of each disease in each area in each year.

Caroline Flint: Data are not available in the format requested. Statistics of sexually transmitted infections are collected by the Health Protection Agency and are available at national, regional and strategic health authority (SHA) level which is shown in the tables relating to County Durham and Tees Valley SHA and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA.
	
		
			 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA ,number of new episodes of selected diagnoses 2001-04 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004 
			 Chlamydia 795 1,007 1247 1,225 
			 Gonorrhoea 275 375 309 265 
			 Syphilis 2 1 11 18 
			 Herpes 99 104 128 134 
			 Warts 1,118 1,235 1,286 1,433 
			 Total diagnoses 6,420 6,736 7,603 8,085 
			 Total workload 4,552 7,374 14,567 16,253 
		
	
	
		
			 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA, number of new episodes of selected diagnoses 2001-04 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004 
			 Chlamydia 1,559 1,756 2,168 3,199 
			 Gonorrhoea 270 369 357 332 
			 Syphilis 2 16 56 74 
			 Herpes 365 376 339 339 
			 Warts 2,050 2,115 2,115 2,405 
			 Total diagnoses 12,527 12,829 13,599 15,166 
			 Total workload 11,955 20,528 33,396 38,320 
			 Notes: Numbers of diagnoses were not adjusted for missing clinic data. The increased workload in 2003 could be partly due to changes in the reporting system (the addition of S codes) Definitions of selected conditions: Chlamydia—Uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection, KC60 code C4a,C4c Gonorrhoea—Uncomplicated gonorrhoea, KC60 code, B1,B2 Syphilis— Primary and secondary infectious syphilis, KC60 code A1,A2 Herpes—Anogenital herpes (first attack), KC60 code Cl0a Warts—Anogenital warts (first attack), KC60 code Clla Total diagnoses—All diagnoses made, includes all A, B, C and E KC60 codes Total workload—All workload not requiring a diagnosis, includes all D, P and S KC60 codes 
		
	
	
		
			 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA, rates of new episodes of selected diagnoses 2001-04, per 100,000 population 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004 
			 Chlamydia 69.4 87.9 108.7 106.8 
			 Gonorrhoea 24.0 32.7 26.9 23.1 
			 Syphilis 0.2 0.1 1.0 1.6 
			 Herpes 8.6 9.1 11.2 11.7 
			 Warts 97.6 107.8 112.1 124.9 
		
	
	
		
			 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA, rates of new episodes of selected diagnoses 2001-04, per 100,000 population 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004 
			 Chlamydia 111.8 126.1 155.7 229.7 
			 Gonorrhoea 19.4 26.5 25.6 23.8 
			 Syphilis 0.1 1.1 4.0 5.3 
			 Herpes 26.2 27.0 24.3 24.3 
			 Warts 147.0 151.9 151.9 172.7 
			 Notes: Diagnoses are calculated based on genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinics in the SHA, rates are calculated for the SHA's resident population. 2003 mid-year population estimates were used for 2004. Source:  Diagnoses and rates of selected sexually transmitted infections seen at GUM clinics, United Kingdom: 2000-2004, Health Protection Agency

Student Grants Unit

Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many students applied for a bursary from the NHS Student Grants Unit for the academic year beginning in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by type of course;
	(2)  how many and what percentage of students had received their bursary from the NHS Student Grants Unit for (a) the academic year 2005-06 by (i) September 2005, (ii) October 2005, (iii) November 2005 and (iv) December 2005 and (b) the academic year 2004-05 by (A) September 2004, (B) October 2004, (C) November 2004 and (D) December 2004, broken down by (1) type of course and (2) type of bursary;
	(3)  how many complaints the NHS Student Grants Unit received in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005;
	(4)  how many applications for dependants' allowance the NHS Student Grants Unit received in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and how many were approved in each year.

Rosie Winterton: Table one shows the number of national health service bursary awards assessed in academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06 by type of course.
	
		
			 Table 1: NHS bursaries: awards assessed—academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06(1) 
			 Course name 2004-05 2005-06(1) 
			 Allied health profession foundation 55 71 
			 Audiology 260 343 
			 Chiropody 1,024 1,023 
			 Dental hygiene 290 231 
			 Dental hygiene and dental therapy 36 139 
			 Dental surgery 569 494 
			 Dental therapy 42 43 
			 Dietetics 882 946 
			 Health professional—unclassified 1,425 1,570 
			 Medicine 7,066 6,651 
			 Midwifery 3,739 3,879 
			 Nursing degree 6,766 7,325 
			 Nursing—diploma higher education 52,587 51,888 
			 Occupational therapy 3,815 3,960 
			 Operating department practitioner 877 1,113 
			 Orthoptics 136 140 
			 Physiotherapy 5,321 5,414 
			 Prosthetics and orthotics 94 88 
			 Radiography 2,733 2,919 
			 Radiotherapy 216 195 
			 Radiotherapy—radiation oncology 30 33 
			 Speech and language therapy 1,638 1,714 
			 Total 89,601 90,179 
			 (1 )Academic year to date (academic year 1 September—31 August). 
		
	
	The information is not available in the format requested. Table two shows the applications processed for new and continuing students undertaking degree and diploma courses, month by month for the academic year 2004-05 and 2005-06 with the exception of medical and dental courses where the information is only available for 2005-06.
	
		
			 Table 2 
			  Academic year 2004-05 Academic year 2005-06 
			  September October November December September October November December 
			 New diploma 7,088 9,437 10,475 10,475 2,729 6,429 9,799 10,941 
			 Continuing diploma 33,937 35,795 36,120 36,120 35,525 35,642 35,950 36,367 
			 New degree 8,561 11,834 13,495 13,495 1,035 4,251 6,684 10,580 
			 Continuing degree 15,360 15,884 16,055 16,055 12,950 13,837 14,875 15,453 
			          
			 New medical (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 4529 — — — 
			 Continuing medical (1)— (1)— (1)— (1)— 2569 — — — 
			 (1) Not available 
		
	
	125 written complaints were received from 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005 and nine in 2004.
	Table three shows how many applications were made to the NHS Student Grants Unit for dependants' allowances and how many applications were approved in the academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06.
	
		
			 Table 3: NHS Bursaries: applications for dependants' allowances—academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06(1) 
			  2004-05 2005-06(1) 
			 Applications made 14,601 16,028 
			 Applications approved 12,898 12,950 
			 (1) Academic year to date (academic year 1 September—31 August). Source:  NHS Business Services Authority

Departmental Staff

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: The figures available for the Home Office are set out in the table in annex A. The data for staff disciplined for misuse of the internet includes any misuse of IT including misuse of the internal email system. Similarly, the data for staff disciplined for misuse of the telephone at work include any misuse of the telephone including excessive use or unauthorised telephone calls.
	
		
			 Question: Figures of how many people in the Home Office (including its Agencies) have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in each of the last five years. Annex A 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006(1) 
			 Internet disciplinary action 7 61 11 19 26 5 
			 Dismissals 3 4 5 2 5 0 
			 Telephone calls disciplinary action 2 2 0 2 2 5 
			 Dismissals 2 0 0 0 2 2 
			 (1) To present

Departmental Staff

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in his Department have had (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in each of the last three years.

Liam Byrne: I am advised that the number of staff in the Home Office that have had (a) five or more (b) four (c) three, and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in each of the last three years are shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Staff having the shown number of periods of sick leave of less than five days in period 
			 Period (a) Five or more (b) Four (c) Three (d) Four 
			 Home Office Main (including Immigration and Nationality Directorate)(1) 
			 2002-03 1,333 841 1,350 1,991 
			 2003-04 1,876 1,123 1,675 2,506 
			 2005 1,156 949 1,523 2,485 
			 Identity and Passport Service(2)     
			 2003-04 348 200 390 500 
			 2004-05 271 199 375 544 
			 2005-06 268 214 371 610 
			 HM Prison Service(3)     
			 2003-04 726 1,061 2,664 6,305 
			 2004-05 586 919 2,393 6,052 
			 2005-06 545 880 2,324 5,689 
			 (1 )Data are provided on the basis of staff having and average less than five days per spell of sickness—The figures for 2002-03 and 2003-04 are based on calendar days, those for 2005 on working days. (2 )IDPS figures show periods of less than five working days. (3) HMPS figures show periods of less than five calendar days

Drugs Offences (Mansfield)

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been for drug offences in (a) Meden and (b) Birklands ward of Mansfield in each of the last five years.

Vernon Coaker: Data for Meden and Birklands ward are not collected centrally.
	Convictions relating to Mansfield criminal justice court from 2000 to 2004 are given in the following table.
	
		
			 Number of convictions for drug offences in Mansfield by sentence or order given(1), 2000 to 2004 
			 Sentenced 
			       Imprisonment  
			  Absolute or conditional discharge Community Rehabilitation Order Community Punishment Order Combination orders Fine Immediate custody(2) Fully suspended Otherwise dealt with 
			 2000 3 42 7 4 51 11 0 13 
			 2001 14 23 5 1 52 16 0 24 
			 2002 23 48 8 4 59 15 1 31 
			 2003 52 41 22 2 91 16 0 53 
			 2004 43 46 16 3 86 19 1 43 
			 (1) Where a person is found guilty of two or more drugs offences at the same court appearance the sentence or order shown in this table is the most severe penalty . (2) Includes unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters of complaint have been received by his office relating to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each year since 2001.

Liam Byrne: The total number of complaints received from members of the public through the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's central complaints unit, broken down by category and year are presented in the table. These figures do not include complaints received elsewhere across IND that are dealt with under separate processes i.e. MPs correspondence. Central data specifying the nature of that correspondence is not maintained electronically.
	
		
			  Formal complaints (relating to staff behaviour) Operational complaints (relating to level of service) 
			 1 April 2000-31 March 2001 — 2,747 
			 1 January 2001-31 March 2002 530 — 
			 1 April 2001-31 March 2002 — 3,943 
			 1 April 2002-31 March 2003 436 3,402 
			 1 April 2003-31 March 2004 546 11,788 
			 1 April 2004-31 March 2005 422 13,008 
			 1 April 2005-31 March 2006 433 13,618 
			 Total 2,411 50,142 
		
	
	These figures do not include complaints received elsewhere across IND that are dealt with under separate processes i.e. MPs correspondence. Central data specifying the nature of that correspondence is not maintained electronically.

Post-Retirement Employment

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what opportunities exist for people to work beyond retirement age in his Department.

Liam Byrne: In the non-agency Home Office, staff below senior civil service grades currently have the option to retire at any point between the ages of 60 and 65 subject to attendance, performance and disciplinary requirements which are applicable to all staff irrespective of age. A member of staff may ask to remain beyond the age of 65, but permission will normally only be granted on an exceptional basis where there is a particular operational business need.
	Information about staff in the Identity and Passport Service and Her Majesty's Prison Service are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  ‘Standard' retirement age May opt to stay until 
			 Non-agency Home Office   
			 Non-SCS staff 60 65 
			    
			 Identity and Passport Service   
			 Non-SCS staff 60 65 
			    
			 Prison Service   
			 Administrative grades and chaplains 60 65 
			 Industrial grades and operational support grades(1) 60 65 
			 Officer grades (pre-Fresh Start i.e. in post September 1987)(2) (3)55 60 
			 Officer grades (post-Fresh Start i.e. joined after September 1987) 60 60 
			 (1) Staff over 60 are subject to annual reviews of their capability (both health and performance)  (2) Staff wishing to stay over 55 are subject to annual reviews of their capability (both health and performance). (3) Reserved right.

Prison Staff (Bonuses)

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) staff and (b) governors at each open prison received bonuses in each year since 1999 to 2000; what the cost of such bonuses was at each prison in each year; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Information on special bonuses has only been recorded centrally since September 2000. Obtaining information prior to this date would entail disproportionate cost. Information on the number and total value of bonuses awarded within each Open prison between 1 September and 31 December 2000 is contained in the following table.
	To avoid identifying individuals where the number of bonuses recorded was low, exact figures of less than four are not provided.
	
		
			 Number of bonuses paid to staff and governors at open prisons in England between September and December 2000 
			  Number Value (£) 
			 Establishment All staff All operations managers All staff All operations managers 
			 Askham Grange — — — — 
			 East Sutton Park — — — — 
			 Ford — — — — 
			 Grendon/Spring Hill — — — — 
			 Hewell Grange — — — — 
			 Hollesley Bay 1-3 — 1,000 — 
			 Kirkham — — — — 
			 Leyhill — — — — 
			 Moorland Open — — — — 
			 North Sea Camp — — — — 
			 Standford Hill 1-3 1-3 2,000 2,000 
			 Sudbury — — — — 
			 Thorn Cross — — — — 
			 Usk/Prescoed — — — — 
			 Wealstun — — — —

Prisons

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many inmates there were at (a) HMP Grendon and (b) HMP Springhill in each of the last 10 years; and what the level of resourcing was at each in each year;
	(2)  if he will increase the number of places for women in open prisons.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The following tables provide information on: the numbers of inmates held in Her Majesty's Prison Grendon and Her Majesty's Prison Spring Hill for each year since 1996, as recorded on the Prison Service IT system; the numbers of staff serving at the prisons, as provided from the Prison Service personnel system; and the cost figures for the prisons for the financial years between 1996-97 and 2004-05, as are available in the published Her Majesty's Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts.
	
		
			 Number of prisoners within Grendon/Spring Hill each year since 1996(1) 
			  Closed trainer (Grendon) Open trainer(Spring Hill) 
			 1996 220 198 
			 1997 219 207 
			 1998 221 242 
			 1999 215 242 
			 2000 195 242 
			 2001 202 243 
			 2002 206 245 
			 2003 219 306 
			 2004 224 304 
			 2005 222 304 
			 (1) The figures are the average for January-December for each year. 
		
	
	
		
			 Staff in post for HMP Grendon and Spring Hill (combined) 
			 31 March SIP FTE(1) 
			 1997 311 ? 
			 1998 303 ? 
			 1999 315. 315.0 
			 2000 334 334.0 
			 2001 338 328.5 
			 2002 299 288.5 
			 2003 313 302.5 
			 2004 344 335.3 
			 2005 354 342.4 
			 2006 340 328.4 
			 (1) Full-time equivalent. 
		
	
	
		
			 Annual report and accounts costs for HMP Grendon/Spring Hill 
			 £ 
			 Financial year Annual cost 
			 1996-97 8,702,300.00 
			 1997-98 8,992,600.00 
			 1998-99 9,486,126.00 
			 1999-2000 10,278,228.00 
			 2000-01 11,066,549.00 
			 2001-02 10,503,600.00 
			 2002-03 11,834,438.00 
			 2003-04 14,095,177.00 
			 2004-05 14,704,902.00

Prisons

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2006, Official Report, columns 1212-4W, on Leyhill open prison, how many of the prisoners who have absconded since 1999 have been recaptured; if he will restate the table to show those recaptured by year of abscond and offence; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 25 May 2006
	Available data indicate that since 1999 there have been 393 absconds from Leyhill prison. Of these, 365 prisoners have been recaptured since 1999. Details of these are given in the table. In addition to those recaptured a further four prisoners who were unlawfully at large have died.
	
		
			 Recaptured absconders from open prisons in England 1999-2000 to 2005-06 
			  1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Murder 3 5 2 4 2 4 3 
			 Manslaughter — — — 1 — 1 — 
			 Death by reckless driving 2 — — — — — — 
			 Rape — 1 — — 1 — — 
			 Attempted rape — — — — — — 1 
			 Assault 2 — — 4 5 9 6 
			 Attempted Murder — — — — 1 1 — 
			 Kidnap — — — 1 — 1 — 
			 Attempted kidnap — — — — — — 1 
			 Robbery 4 1 3 3 16 8 14 
			 Attempted robbery — — — — — 1 1 
			 Burglary 12 4 5 13 38 35 18 
			 Drug related offences 1 1 1 1 12 10 6 
			 Arson — 2 — — — — 2 
			 Affray — — — — 1 1 1 
			 Fraud 3 — — — 1 1 — 
			 Driving offences 2 2 1 6 8 5 2 
			 Possession of an offensive weapon — 2 — — 3 1 — 
			 Handling stolen goods 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Holding warrant 1 — — 1 4 3 1 
			 Theft — 3 4 2 6 5 2 
			 Blackmail — — — — — — 1 
			 Breach of order — — — 2 3 — — 
			 Criminal damage — 1 1 — — — — 
			 Violence — — — 1 1 1 — 
			 Illegal Immigrant — — — — — 1 — 
			 Total 31 24 18 40 103 89 60

Prosecutions (Northern Ireland)

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of cases brought for prosecution by the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland resulted in conviction in each of the last 10 years.

Mike O'Brien: I have been asked to reply.
	The Public Prosecution Service, which when fully rolled out will be responsible for all prosecutions arising from police investigations, only came into existence in June 2005. Prior to that date, the Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions was only responsible for the conduct of the more serious criminal cases and the bulk of prosecutions in the magistrates court were conducted by the police. The police continue to conduct prosecutions in the magistrates court in those areas not yet covered by the PPS. The figures provided in the tables reflect, therefore, only those cases conducted by the PPS or the old Department of the DPP.
	Figures are only available for the past five years following the introduction of a Case Management System.
	The figures for the magistrates court are:
	
		
			  2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Convicted (on at least one count) 3,453 3,763 4,428 7,316 10,544 
			 Acquitted (all counts) 249 227 237 391 317 
			 Total 3,702 3,990 4,665 7,707 10,861 
			 Percentage conviction rate 93.3 94.3 94.9 94.9 97.1 
		
	
	The figures for the Crown court are:
	
		
			  2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Convicted (on at least one count) 794 1,125 1,257 1,398 1,307 
			 Acquitted (all counts) 94 139 162 177 176 
			 Total 888 1,264 1,419 1,575 1,483 
			 Percentage conviction rate 89.4 89.0 88.6 88.8 88.1